Interactive Maps on Asian Americans by Congressional District

An interactive map to visualize the distribution of Asian American populations by Congressional District is now available at http://bit.ly/2014AAbyCD. The user may move and zoom in and out of the map and view the following results by pointing and clicking at any location in the United States:

State and Congressional District

Name of incumbent U.S. House Representative and political party affiliation (D=Democrat and R=Republican)

Total Asian American population in the district and Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Other Asians Males and females Percentages of males and females age 18 and over

The interactive map is color-coded by 5 approximately equal-size groups. The darker the color, the higher the number of Asian Americans.

These results are available for 437 locations based on 2014 data – 435 Congressional Districts, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The U.S. representatives serve a term of 2 years. The next general election will be held on November 8, 2016.According to the 2014 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 15.7 million Asian Americans in the U.S. (not including Puerto Rico), among them are 23.5% Chinese, 19.8% Asian Indian, 16.9% Filipino, 10.7% Vietnamese, 9.3% Korean and 5.0% Japanese. Males represent 47.4% and females 52.6%. Age 18 and over make up 78.8%.

The U.S. Congresspersons currently representing the most Asian Americans are:

Democrat（Asian American population）

Republican（Asian American population）

CA-27 Mike Honda (369,707)

CA-39 Ed Royce (210,474)

HI-1 Mark Takai (352,499)

CA-45 Mimi Walters (158,705)

NY-6 Grace Meng (276,924)

CA-48 Dana Rohrabacher (127,556)

CA-27 Judy Chu (264,289)

TX-22 Pete Olson (127,087)

CA-14 Jackie Speier (231,314)

TX-3 Sam Johnson (96,980)

Among the 435 U.S. Representatives, three are Chinese Americans：

Judy Chu
Democrat
CA-27

Asian Americans population (Ranked 4）
264,289

Chinese American population (Ranked 1)
170,383

Ted Lieu
Democrat
CA-33

Asian American population (Ranked 32)
98,655

Chinese American population (Ranked 24)
27,346

Grace Meng
Democrat
NY-6

Asian American population (Ranked 3)
276,924

Chinese American population (Ranked 2)
155,371

Data Sources

The interactive map based on 2014 estimates. The 2013 version is also released. It is based on the integration of three data sources: